Bill Text: HI HB319 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To District Court Judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2 [HB319 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HB319-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to district court judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 604-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§604-1 Judicial circuits; district
judges; sessions. [[](a)[]] There shall be established in
each of the judicial circuits of the State a district court with the powers and
under the conditions herein set forth, which shall be styled as follows:
(1) For the First Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the First Circuit.
(2) For the Second Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the Second Circuit.
(3) For the Third Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the Third Circuit.
(4) For the Fifth Judicial Circuit: The District Court of the Fifth Circuit.
[[](b)[]] There shall be
appointed one or more district judges for each judicial circuit. The district
court of the first circuit shall consist of fourteen judges, who shall be
styled as first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth judge, respectively. One
of the district judges shall hear landlord-tenant and small claims matters, provided
that when in the discretion of the chief justice of the supreme court the
urgency or volume of cases so requires, the chief justice may authorize the
judge to substitute for or act in addition to or otherwise in place of any
other district judge of the district court of the first circuit. The district
court of the second circuit shall consist of [three]
four judges, who shall be styled as first, second, [and] third,
and fourth judge, respectively. The district court of the third
circuit shall consist of three judges, who shall be styled as first, second,
and third judge, respectively. The district court of the fifth circuit shall
consist of two judges who shall be styled as first and second judge,
respectively. The chief justice may designate a judge in each circuit as the
administrative judge for the circuit.
[[](c)[]] The district courts
shall hold sessions at such places in their respective circuits and as often as
the respective district judges deem essential to the promotion of
justice."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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By Request |
Report Title:
Judiciary Package; District Court Judges
Description:
Increases the number of district court judges in the Second Judicial Circuit by one.
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